300g Shark/Ray aquarium

[glarior]

sweet tank! gonna be running a sump?

Yes. Plan for a fluidized sump with algae scrubber.

Once I figure out how big of fluidized bed section I need I will build it out of acrylic. I just posted about sizing on another forum... hope I get a responce.

So far the design goes... dual return ---> filter floss ---> skimmer ---> fuidized bed ---> triple baffle ---> scrubber ---> dual return pumps

[Hpimichael02]

whats the footprint ?

[glarior]

whats the footprint ?

18sqft tank
10sqft sump - unless design changes

[glarior]

Well, tank has been filling with water for 36 hours... half way there! Once it gets a little more I will add the salt, heater and pump to start that process.

The only downside is so far with everything leveling out I am 1/4" lower on the right side than the left. It may level out like my 120g did but we will see. I doubled checked with the OEM and it is within spec.

[glarior]

Took the water out of the aquarium and started to shim the entire stand.

I would recommend everyone to shim their stands from now on. I am amazed how off everything really is. I used a dollar bill to check for gaps and then added the shims. I used the composite ones from home depot which are not expensive.

Hopefully tonight I can resume filling the tank

[cuckoochews]

Just want to say that I'm really enjoying this journal and look foward to checking the progress each day! Thanks!

[glarior]

Just want to say that I'm really enjoying this journal and look foward to checking the progress each day! Thanks!

Thank you! I need to post more pics soon

[Cermet]

Just saying (sure you got this covered) the tank will weigh near 3000 lbs - more than many small cars ...over build your tank stand and I assume it will be sitting on a thick concrete level surface - if it shifts at all, that will 300 gals of salt water, all the fish and live rock ... .

By the way, I thought live rock and algae scrubbers consumed nitrates?

[glarior]

Just saying (sure you got this covered) the tank will weigh near 3000 lbs - more than many small cars ...over build your tank stand and I assume it will be sitting on a thick concrete level surface - if it shifts at all, that will 300 gals of salt water, all the fish and live rock ... .

By the way, I thought live rock and algae scrubbers consumed nitrates?

Yea everything has been reinforced. I also added more stand supports.

Correct, LR and scrubbers consume nitrates. Since I won't have much live rock the scrubber is a must unless I want to do water changes all the time... which I don't lol

[glarior]

Tank is shimmed to +/- 1/16 of an inch but the 4ft level bubble was in the center at all my points.

I put the water back in, added 2 buckets of salt, pump and heater to mix it.
Tonight I will install the sump then add the sand. Maybe by tomorrow it will be fully running? Only time will tell